http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30508335


Link has the video and story.

Hmmm, not nearly as dramatic as a Buzz Charleton shout down!

I must remember: a "remonstrating tone."
Actually, it was rather a dramatic shout down. The unarmed guide (foolhardy in and of itself) charged, in the open, at a belligerent elephant. A mock charge on his part, if ever there was.

I like the part about taking three weeks to get up the courage to tell his wife.

Although not too smart (should have been armed), I will give him high marks for courage.

Lucky it wasn't a determined charge. No gun keeps the greenies happy but is FRICKIN stupid!

Something almost identical happened in TZ several years ago; same scenario with school kids on a walking safari in the Selous - the British guide/PH was stomped for words.

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Originally posted by bwana cecil:
Although not too smart (should have been armed), I will give him high marks for courage.

I'm not so sure there - that sure looked to be the right move in that the results were there. As an unarmed guide, if that Ele had charged the Ele could easily have flipped the car and killed the lot of them. The guide had to do something and I'd have to say he did the right thing.

Serious balls there for sure.

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Originally posted by rnovi:

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Originally posted by bwana cecil:
Although not too smart (should have been armed), I will give him high marks for courage.

I'm not so sure there - that sure looked to be the right move in that the results were there. As an unarmed guide, if that Ele had charged the Ele could easily have flipped the car and killed the lot of them. The guide had to do something and I'd have to say he did the right thing.

Serious balls there for sure.

And he would have had his butt covered if would have had a gun in his hands.

It is true that all the guides should be required to be armed, but the fact is they are not! That being said, the guy did what he had to do to avoid what may have been multiple deaths.

I say this guide needs a wheelbarrow to carry his balls!

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In Zambia, in photographic tourism, the guide does NOT carry a gun. The ZAWA game scout carries a gun and is responsible to deal with the animal, while the tourist guide is responsible for the tourists. It sounds weird, but there are a lot less incidents in Zambia compared to countries where the guide carries the gun. If you don't carry your own gun you're less likely to push the boundaries (that's the reasoning behind it), but there still is a gun present.
I don't know if there was an armed ZAWA scout present at this incident, but in any way the guide acted correctly, and it's something actually which often happens in the unfenced camps all over the country. IMHO not really something special happened here.